“In many ways, it recapitulates the [gastrointestinal] system because the cell bodies of neurons within the gut wall are in a different layer, surrounded by a capsule that maintains the ...

If the human body were just a blob made up of a singular type of cell, then perhaps there would be at least some element of ...

Mammalian epithelial cells also turn over regularly ... To understand how the ECM works, consider the two very different sides of the gut endothelium. One side of this tissue faces the lumen ...

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), which include ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), are chronic conditions ...

epithelial layer), humoral elements (defensins, IgA), immununological elements (lymphocytes, innate immune cells), muscular and neurological elements Intestinal permeability is defined as a ...

Using a transgenic fruit fly model, researchers demonstrate how epithelial barriers are ... changing the cellular composition of the intestinal epithelium. A study has sparked controversy by ...

La Trobe University researchers have identified a protein that is integral to gut health, providing an important lead in the ...

Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the small intestine.

Scientists used high-resolution 3D X-ray imaging to uncover major structural and immune changes in the gut of Alzheimer's ...

During pregnancy, the breasts expand, resting heart rate speeds up, and organs shift to accommodate the growing fetus. And now, scientists have added one more item to this list: the gut grows ...

Researchers identified that the dominant B cell epitope of Lachnospiraceae flagellins and the utilization of the flagellin ...

Mozart Therapeutics, the leading developer of CD8 Treg network modulators in autoimmune disease, announces the presentation ...